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EDIT: since apparently a bunch of people woke up with the wrong foot this morning or forgot to check the group they’re in:

This is a joke. Do not steal or vandalize speed enforcement cameras (or anything else for that matter). That’s against the law and you will likely get arrested.

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[–] random_character_a 59 points 5 months ago (2 children)

In Finland we steal dynamite from construction sites and do some sudden nightly dismantling. No crackheads needed.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

It does amaze me how many people I've met who have a vicious hatred towards speed cameras. Especially interesting e: in a country where people have so much respect for the police.

[–] teamevil 74 points 5 months ago (14 children)

We don't like the idea a private company is enforcing laws not for safety but for profit. Especially when things like shortening of yellow light time and cameras that don't properly report speed. It's horseshit.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. Even in the US many municipalities outsource almost the entire ticketing process to the company selling the cameras, and the company collects a (usually outsized) percentage of the fees. So the company has the incentive to use whatever shady tactics to increase ticketing infraction events. This could be by changing the camera angle slightly to falsely get plates from yellow throughers or sometimes they change light timing itself to increase ticketing events..

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was talking about Finns in Finland complaining about speed cameras.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (13 children)

I would just assumed because they are using the same Swedish company (Sensys Gatso) that does profit sharing agreements with municipalities in the US, that the agreement is the same.

I can't seem to find the finnish contract award details, so I can't confirm that they are. I am thinking now, that their might be a chance that they aren't, given how extreme finnish traffic violation costs can be (% of salary).

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[–] teamevil 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It's not the local government putting them up, it's a private company who is in charge and keeps at least half the revenue. Plus when their location is known and they get less effective the same company will try other things like altering yellow light time length to keep profits up.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What about vodka, is that needed?

[–] Viking_Hippie 9 points 5 months ago

Not always needed but always appreciated.

[–] MeatPilot 44 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What's the copper to crack exchange rate currently?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (6 children)

5.5lbs of copper is apparently about 20$ worth

[–] MycelialMass 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What is that? Like 1 crack?

[–] Death_Equity 12 points 5 months ago (6 children)
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[–] FlyingSquid 10 points 5 months ago

"1 crack please, Mr. Dealer, sir."

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Don't know how there would be that much copper in there.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Perhaps you're not the intended target audience, then.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

are you sure? There's only 1 way to find out

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

That doesn't sound quite right, but I'm sure there's some platinum in there to make up for anything short of 5 lbs.

[–] zakobjoa 29 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (56 children)

Gotta enforce speed limits.

And these things don't shoot you if you look at them wrong – or are black.

Edit: "No, you can't just stick a camera worth a couple of thousand [local currency] next to the road, that takes photographic evidence of infractions. You gotta rip out the entire surface, redesign the sides and introduce a few sharp curves by demolishing a few blocks of buildings here and there. In the mean time speed is only enforced by violent cops who feel like you were speeding.

It's the only logical way."

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

And they fucking work!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/annoying-thing-speed-cameras-ottawa-they-work-1.6786951

https://driving.ca/column/lorraine/speed-cameras-work

I can't believe that people don't want to see them installed in every school zones at least, if there's one place where you don't want people speeding it's there!

"It's a road design issue!" Yeah? What's cheaper and can be done quicker, changing the road design or installing speed cameras?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Where I live they are mostly used in school zones and residential areas, and they only trigger when going 12+ miles over the limit. Seems pretty reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

12 mph over in a school zone is proportionally a fucking lot!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah people not respecting speed zones around schools is a real problem. I can't believe how people drive, and I've always got some Dodge Ram or Ford F150 riding my ass because I'm driving the proper speed.

Even if there was no posted speed limit, there are children everywhere and children are unpredictable.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (3 children)

And what would it be doing in there?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Every trap needs bait.

Worms for fish. Fish for bears. Copper for meth heads.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Conducting electricity would be my guess?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some of them used to contain bog standard DSLRs, so they were worth stealing.

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[–] Chickenstalker 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Guys, guys. Hear me out. What if (tokes) yeah...what if like if we like yeah. Oh? Sorry. What if we train pigeons to shit on traffic camera lens. It could be done. The military had trained pigeons to guide bombs against warships. Let's train and breed pigeons to do this and release them in the wild.

[–] penguinsAreRapists 13 points 5 months ago

Birds aren't real

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[–] paddirn 19 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Semi-related: Only small amounts of copper are typically stored in the human body, and the average adult has a total body content of 50–120 mg copper. Most copper is excreted in bile, and a small amount is excreted in urine.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (10 children)

Roughly 2.5 kg.

8.17$ per kg equals 20.43$.

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[–] dipshit 10 points 5 months ago

let the intrusive thoughts win

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